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Posted: 1:43 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012

Preview: Dayton vs. Southern Cal

By Doug Harris

Staff Writer

Who: Dayton (9-3) at Southern Cal (4-8)

When: 7 p.m. Sunday

Where: UD Arena

TV/Radio: Pac-12 Network/WHIO 95.7, 1290

Dayton starters

  • Kevin Dillard, 6-0, Sr., G, 15.3 ppg.
  • Vee Sanford, 6-3, Jr., G, 12.7
  • Josh Benson, 6-9, Sr., F, 11.0
  • Devin Oliver, 6-7, Jr., F, 9.9
  • Dyshawn Pierre, 6-6, Fr., F, 7.3

USC starters

  • Jio Fontan, 6-1, Sr., G, 8.4
  • Byron Wesley, 6-5, So., G, 9.1
  • Eric Wise, 6-6, Sr., F, 10.8
  • Dewayne Dedmon, 7-0, Jr., F, 5.3
  • Omar Oraby, 7-2, Jr., C, 7.9

About Dayton

UD is second in the Atlantic 10 in field-goal percentage at 47.0. … Sanford leads the Flyers in foul shooting at 90.0 percent. Only Damon Goodwin (93.1) and Donald Smith (91.0) have shot 90 percent or better for a season at UD. … Oliver is second in the A-10 in rebounding with an 8.6 average. In his last four games, he’s averaged 9.5 points and 10.0 boards. … Sub wing Matt Derenbecker is 13-of-21 from 3-point range over the last four games. He averaged 3.0 points in his first eight games and 10.3 in the last three.

About USC

The Trojans are prone to cold spells offensively, but opponents are hitting only 41.1 percent and averaging 63.5 points. … They have one of the top point guards in the Pac-12 in Fontan, who transferred from Fordham. He’s averaging 5.3 assists and has an assist-turnover ratio of 1.9-1.0. He averaged 15.3 points as a freshman at Fordham and made the A-10 all-rookie team in 2008-09. He played in five games as a sophomore before transferring. … USC skyscrapers Dedmon (240 pounds) and Oraby (270) take up space inside. Dedmon has 19 blocks, Oraby 20.

Tourney talk

Jerry Palm of CBSSports.com posted an NCAA tournament bracket projection this week and has Dayton as one of four Atlantic 10 teams in the field as a 10 seed. The Flyers are joined by Butler (4 seed), VCU (7) and Temple (8).

Palm was founder of CollegeRPI.com and ran that site for years before joining CBSSports.com this year as a “bracketology expert.” ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has the Flyers just outside the field, but he agrees with Palm that UD currently has the fourth-strongest résumé among A-10 teams.

TV

The Pac-12 Network, which is broadcasting the game, is part of a Time Warner Cable sports package and also is carried on the Dish Network.

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